2022 Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Banen, Simone

Simone Banen
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Indian Hills High School
- Hometown:
- Wyckoff, NJ
- Major:
- Mechanical Engineering
Bio
Career Highs
V: --, UB: 9.875, BB: 9.900, FX: 9.850
Honors: 2022 All-EAGL Second Team (Bars) ... 2020 All-EAGL Second Team (Bars) … All-EAGL Scholastic Team (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) … 2019 All-EAGL Second Team (Bars) … 2019 EAGL Rookie of the Week (2x) … 2019 EAGL All-Tournament Second Team (Bars, Beam).
2022 as a senior: Competed in all 13 meets in 2022 … helped GW clinch the program’s third EAGL Championship on podium at home … hit her career-high 9.875 on bars at Towson (3/11) helping GW to its season-high score on the event … 10 of her 13 bar routines were at or above a 9.725 … earned a season-high 9.800 on beam at Towson (2/2) … earned All-EAGL Second Team honors on bars with her 9.825 NQS ... recognized on the 2022 All-EAGL Scholastic Team for fourth consecutive year.
2021 as a junior: Named to All-EAGL Scholastic Team for third-consecutive year. Did not compete due to injury.
2020 as a sophomore: Competed in all 11 meets in 2020 … posted career high scores on uneven bars (9.875) and balance beam (9.900) … hit her career-high 9.875 on bars at GW’s Pink Meet (1/31), contributing to the squad’s first score above the 49.000 threshold in the 2020 season … nine of her 11 bars routines were above a 9.750 … earned her first career 9.900 on beam at GW’s Sweet Meet on Podium (2/23) … posted six beam routines above a 9.750 … competed on floor at six meets, scoring a season-high 9.775 at GW’s Pink Meet … recognized on the 2020 All-EAGL Scholastic Team … earned All-EAGL Second Team honors on bars with her 9.795 NQS, a mark that ranked tied for first on the team.
2019 as a first-year: One of three first-year gymnasts to compete at all 15 meets … helped the Colonials clinch their fifth consecutive trip to NCAA Regionals and their 15th appearance in program history … posted season-high scores of 9.850 on uneven bars, 9.825 on balance beam, and 9.850 on floor exercise … twice named EAGL Rookie of the Week … posted her season-high score of 9.825 on beam in her debut at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational (1/13) … earned 10 beam scores above a 9.700 … posted her season-high 9.850 on bars at GW’s Senior Day (3/1) .. earned four scores above a 9.800 on bars … went a combined 6-for-6 in her routines at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Rounds I & II … helped lift the Buff and Blue to the Second Round at Regionals with her 9.725 on bars, 9.800 on beam, and 9.825 on floor … 2019 All-EAGL Second Team (Bars) …. 2019 All-EAGL Scholastic Team … 2019 All-Tournament Second Team (Bars, Beam).
High School/Club: Competed for North Stars Gymnastics ... three-time Junior Olympic National Championships Qualifier (2014-17) ... alternate in 2015 for the All Star Team and a Junior International Elite ... 2017 Level 10 State and Regional Champion.
V: --, UB: 9.875, BB: 9.900, FX: 9.850
Honors: 2022 All-EAGL Second Team (Bars) ... 2020 All-EAGL Second Team (Bars) … All-EAGL Scholastic Team (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) … 2019 All-EAGL Second Team (Bars) … 2019 EAGL Rookie of the Week (2x) … 2019 EAGL All-Tournament Second Team (Bars, Beam).
2022 as a senior: Competed in all 13 meets in 2022 … helped GW clinch the program’s third EAGL Championship on podium at home … hit her career-high 9.875 on bars at Towson (3/11) helping GW to its season-high score on the event … 10 of her 13 bar routines were at or above a 9.725 … earned a season-high 9.800 on beam at Towson (2/2) … earned All-EAGL Second Team honors on bars with her 9.825 NQS ... recognized on the 2022 All-EAGL Scholastic Team for fourth consecutive year.
2021 as a junior: Named to All-EAGL Scholastic Team for third-consecutive year. Did not compete due to injury.
2020 as a sophomore: Competed in all 11 meets in 2020 … posted career high scores on uneven bars (9.875) and balance beam (9.900) … hit her career-high 9.875 on bars at GW’s Pink Meet (1/31), contributing to the squad’s first score above the 49.000 threshold in the 2020 season … nine of her 11 bars routines were above a 9.750 … earned her first career 9.900 on beam at GW’s Sweet Meet on Podium (2/23) … posted six beam routines above a 9.750 … competed on floor at six meets, scoring a season-high 9.775 at GW’s Pink Meet … recognized on the 2020 All-EAGL Scholastic Team … earned All-EAGL Second Team honors on bars with her 9.795 NQS, a mark that ranked tied for first on the team.
2019 as a first-year: One of three first-year gymnasts to compete at all 15 meets … helped the Colonials clinch their fifth consecutive trip to NCAA Regionals and their 15th appearance in program history … posted season-high scores of 9.850 on uneven bars, 9.825 on balance beam, and 9.850 on floor exercise … twice named EAGL Rookie of the Week … posted her season-high score of 9.825 on beam in her debut at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational (1/13) … earned 10 beam scores above a 9.700 … posted her season-high 9.850 on bars at GW’s Senior Day (3/1) .. earned four scores above a 9.800 on bars … went a combined 6-for-6 in her routines at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Rounds I & II … helped lift the Buff and Blue to the Second Round at Regionals with her 9.725 on bars, 9.800 on beam, and 9.825 on floor … 2019 All-EAGL Second Team (Bars) …. 2019 All-EAGL Scholastic Team … 2019 All-Tournament Second Team (Bars, Beam).
High School/Club: Competed for North Stars Gymnastics ... three-time Junior Olympic National Championships Qualifier (2014-17) ... alternate in 2015 for the All Star Team and a Junior International Elite ... 2017 Level 10 State and Regional Champion.
GW Gymnastics Senior Meet
Sunday, February 27
Pink Meet
Sunday, February 06
GW Gymnastics Lindsey Ferris Meet
Sunday, January 16
Buff & Blue Forever: Anna Warhol
Friday, May 07